Atlanta Motor Speedway

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Atlanta Motor Speedway
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Location Hampton, Georgia
Races 2010 ASCC at Georgia
2012 Smash Beer 250

The Atlanta Motor Speedway is a 1.54-mile (2.48 km) quad-oval located just outside Hampton, Georgia, twenty miles south of Atlanta. It has a seating capacity of over 125,000. It opened in 1960 as a 1.5-mile standard oval. In 1994, 46 condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track.

In 1997, the entire track was almost completely rebuilt. The front stretch and backstretch were swapped, and the configuration of the track was changed from oval to quad-oval. The project made the track one of the fastest in America.

Current use[edit | edit source]

Formula Overdrive will make an appearance here in 2012, the first race any series has held here in two years.